Mississippi John Hurt – Poor Boy Long Ways From Home tab

Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home
Mississippi John Hurt (from "Last Sessions")
tab by torbjørn nymo (metonymo @ mail . ru)   


Part I:     C   C   F   C
            C   C G C G C

Part II:    C   C   F   C
            C   C   G   G



Intro (Part I):   
C   C   F   C
C   C G C G C

           C                     F              C
     I’m a poor, poor boy, and a long ways from home
     C                        G
     feel like I ain’t got no friend

Instrumental: I–II-I 

           C                     F              C
     I’m a poor, poor boy, and a long ways from home
     C                        G
     feel like I ain’t got no friend

      C                    F              C
I’m a poor, old boy, and a long ways from home
C                 G      C
feel like I ain’t got no friend

Instrumental: II-I 

         C               F               C
     Oh, please, please, let me stay all night
           C                          G
     I’m a poor boy, and a long ways from home

    C               F               C
Oh, please, please, let me stay all night
      C                G         C
I’m a poor boy, and a long ways from home

Instrumental: II-I 

 

 
Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home 
Mississippi John Hurt

Inrto (Part I):  C  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |---------------------3-/-5-\-3--------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------1h3------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------2--------------------------------2---------------2---------||-3---------------3----------------3---------------3-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  F                                C               /g  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |--------------------------------------------------------------------||-1---------------------------1--------------------------------------||---------------------2----------------------------------------------||---------3---------------3----------------2---------------2---------||----------------------------------3---------------------------------||-1---------------1--------------------------------3-----------------|

  C                                                G  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |-0-----------3-/-5-\-3------------0---------------------------------||-----------------------------1---------------(0)------3-------------||---------0---------------0------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------2---------------0---------||-3--------------------------------3---------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------3-----------------|

  C               G                C                 :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |------------------------------------------------------0-------------||-1------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------0-------0-------0----------------------------0---------||---------2--------------------------------2-------------------------||-3-----------------------2--------3---------------3-----------------||-----------------3--------------------------------------------------|


Part II:  C  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |-----3-------3-/-5-/-3------------0-----------0---------------------|  |-1---------------------------1---------------------(1h)3------------|   |---------0---------------0------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------2----------------2--------||-3--------------------------------3---------------3-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  F                                C               /g  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |--------------------------------------------------------------------||[1]--------------------------1---[1]--------------------------------||---------------------2----------------------------------------------||---------3---------------3----------------2---------------2---------||----------------------------------3---------------------------------||-1---------------1--------------------------------3-----------------|

  C  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |---------------------0------------3---3(s0)-----------0-------------||-1-----------1---------------1--------------------------------3-----||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------2---------------2----------------2---------------2---------||-3---------------3----------------3---------------3-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

  G  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |------------------------------------------------------0-------------||(3)------------------------------------------------------[1]--------||-----0---------------0-------0----------------------------0---------||-0-----------------------0----------------0-------------------------||-----------------2--------------------------------------------------||---------3------------------------3---------------3-----------------| 


Variations:

Part I:  C  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |-------------3-/-5-\-3------------------------0---------------------||[1]--------------------------1---------------------(1h)3------------||---------0---------------0------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------2---------------2---------||-3--------------------------------3---------------3-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  F                                C               /g  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |--------------------------------------------------------------------||-1---------------------------1--------1-----------------------------||---------------------2----------------------------------------------||---------3---------------3----------------2---------------2---------||----------------------------------3---------------------------------||-1---------------1--------------------------------3-----------------|

  C                                                G  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |----[3]------3-/-5-\-3------------0---------------------------------||-----------------------------1---------------[0]------3-------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------2---------------2----------------2---------------0---------||-3--------------------------------3---------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------3-----------------|

  C               G                C                  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |------------------------------------------------------0-------------||-1------------------------------------------------------------------||------------(0)-----(0)------0---------------------------[0]--------||---------2--------------------------------2---------------2---------||-3-----------------------2--------3---------------3-----------------||-----------------3--------------------------------------------------|
  

Part II:  C  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |-----3---3--/--5--/--3------------0-----------0---------------------|  |-1---------------------------1---------------------(1h)3------------|   |--------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------2----------------2----------------2--------||-3--------------------------------3---------------3-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  F                                C               /g  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |--------------------------------------------------------------------||[1]--------------------------1---[1]--------------------------------||---------------------2----------------------------------------------||---------3---------------3----------------2---------------2---------||----------------------------------3---------------------------------||-1---------------1--------------------------------3-----------------|

  C  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |---------------------0------------3---3(s0)-----------0-------------||-1-----------1---------------1--------------------------------3-----||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------2---------------2----------------2---------------2---------||-3---------------3----------------3---------------3-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

  G  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |------------------------------------------------------0-------------||(3)------------------------------------------------------[1]--------||-----0---------------0-------0----------------------------0---------||-0-----------------------0----------------0-------------------------||-----------------2--------------------------------------------------||---------3------------------------3---------------3-----------------|



Part I:  C  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |-------------3-/-5-\-3-(s0)-------0-----------0---------------------||------------------------------------------------------3-------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------2---------------2----------------2---------------2---------||-3--------------------------------3---------------3-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  F                                C               /g  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |--------------------------------------------------------------------||-1---------------------------1----1----------------------(1)--------||---------------------2----------------------------------------------||---------3---------------3----------------2---------------2---------||----------------------------------3---------------------------------||-1---------------1--------------------------------3-----------------|

  C                                                G  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |-------------3-/-5-\-3------------0---------------------------------||-1---------------------------1----------------0-------3-------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------2---------------2----------------2---------------0---------||-3--------------------------------3---------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------3-----------------|

  C               G                C                  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |------------------------------------------------------0-------------||-1------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------0-------0-------0--------------------------------0-----||---------2--------------------------------2---------------2---------||-3-----------------------2--------3---------------3-----------------||-----------------3--------------------------------------------------|
 


Part II:  C  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |---------------------3------------0-----------0---------------------|  |-1--------------(1)----------1------------------------3---1---------|   |---------0---------------0------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------2---------------2---------||-3---------------3----------------3---------------3-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  F                                C               /g  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |--------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------1---(1)--------------------------------||---------------------2----------------------------------------------||---------3---------------3----------------2---------------2---------||----------------------------------3---------------------------------||-1---------------1--------------------------------3-----------------|

  C  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |---------------------0------------3---3(s0)-----------0-------------||-1-----------1---------------1--------------------------------3-----||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------2---------------2----------------2---------------2---------||-3---------------3----------------3---------------3-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

  G  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |------------------------------------------------------0-------------||----------------------------------------------------------1---------||---------------------0-------0--------------------------------------||-------------------------0----------------0-------------------------||-----2-----------2--------------------------------------------------||-3-------3------------------------3---------------3-----------------|

 

Part I:  C  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |-------------3-/-5-\-3------------------------0---------------------||-1-------------------------------(1)---------------(1h)3------------||-----------------------------0----------------------------0---------||---------2---------------2----------------2-------------------------||-3--------------------------------3---------------3-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  F                                C               /g  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |--------------------------------------------------------------------||-1---------------------------1--------------------------------------||---------------------2----------------------------------------------||---------3---------------3----------------2---------------2---------||----------------------------------3---------------------------------||-1---------------1--------------------------------3-----------------|

  C                                                G  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |-----3-------3-/-5-\-3------------0---------------------------------||-1---------------------------1--------------------0(h)3-------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------2---------------2----------------2---------------0---------||-3--------------------------------3---------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------3-----------------|

  C               G                C                  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |------------------------------------------------------0-------------||-1------------------------------------------------------------------||------------(0)------0-------0----------------------------0---------||---------2--------------------------------2-------------------------||-3-----------------------2--------3---------------3-----------------||-----------------3--------------------------------------------------|
 



Part II:  C  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |---------------------3------------------------0---------------------|  |-1---------------------------1---(1)---------------(1h)3------------|   |---------0---------------0------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------2---------------2---------||-3---------------3----------------3---------------3-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  F                                C               /g  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |----------------------------------0---------------------------------||-1---------------------------1--------------------------------------||---------------------2----------------------------------------------||---------3---------------3----------------2---------------2---------||----------------------------------3---------------------------------||-1---------------1--------------------------------3-----------------|

  C  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |---------------------0------------3---3-------------------0---------||-1-----------1---------------1----------------1-------1-------3-----||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------2---------------2----------------2---------------2---------||-3---------------3----------------3---------------3-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

  G  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |------------------------------------------------------0-------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-----2---------------0-------0----------------------------0---------||-0-----------------------0----------------0-------------------------||-----------------2--------------------------------------------------||---------3------------------------3---------------3-----------------|



Coda (Part I):  C  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |-0-------------------3------------------------0---------------------||------------------------------1-----------------------3-------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------2---------------2----------------2---------------2---------||-3---------------3----------------3---------------3-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  F                                C               /g  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |--------------------------------------------------------------------||-1---------------------------1--------------------------------------||---------------------2----------------------------------------------||---------3---------------3----------------2---------------2---------||----------------------------------3---------------------------------||-1---------------1--------------------------------3-----------------|

  C                                                G  :       .       .       .        :       .       .       .    |-----3-------3-/-5-\-3------------0---------------------------------||-1---------------------------1---------------(0)------3-------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------2---------------2----------------2---------------0---------||-3--------------------------------3---------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------3-----------------|

  C               G                C                  :       .       .       .        :       .       .      |--------------------------------------0--------------------|-1-----------------------------------1----------------------|------------(0)------0-------0------0------------------------|---------2-------------------------2--------------------------|-3-----------------------2--------3----------------------------|-----------------3----------------------------------------------
 
                                                 


/  = slide up 
\  = slide down 
h  = hammer
s  = release  
[] = variations